Tetra 60

[MermaidMel]

Stocking is 3X ADF, 5X Cherry Shrimp, 2X Crystal Reds, 1X Green Babaulti, 8X Pygmy Cory, 8X Lampeyes, 1X Assassin Snail

 

[veil92]

Quite nice. Do you plan to plant it out more? Lampeyes are always nice.

 

[MermaidMel]

Quite nice. Do you plan to plant it out more? Lampeyes are always nice.

Yep planning to move some of the crypts from the left into the back centre and add some dwarf grasses or dwarf swords, and bury a few more mossballs
Do you have some other ideas for me? I want it quite heavy

 

[JenCliBee]

Looking really nice hun shrimp are cool every time i see some i want them even more

 

[paul_219]

Very nice tank u have over there.

 

[MermaidMel]

Thank u xx
I've never thought to bury moss balls before, I think its pretty cool

 

[~T~]

Looks good, I have all the same stock in various tanks apart from the frogs and assasin snail!!

Btw better not to bury the moss balls as the bottom part will die. What I do is rip it open at the bottom and mould round a pebble of similar sze. Then using plastic netting (the green kind you get round kiwi fruit in asda) wrap round the rock and moss and tighten at the bottom (use a zip tie to keep them together). Then you can be sure the no moss will die and they will never be uprooted. Btw the moss will grow through the netting in only a few weeks so you wont even see it.

Heres a pic to show you what I mean.

From this

To this

 

[MermaidMel]

Looks great! Can you not squash them flat as well? Or do they die?

 

[~T~]

Looks great! Can you not squash them flat as well? Or do they die?

I suppose you could and tie them to say a flat rock. I just like to keep them roughly ball shaped.

 

[Truck]

is that some redmoor wood? it looks great.

 

[MermaidMel]

I like em squashed lol

Yeah that is redmoor, its nicer now its gone dark [wet] when it was dry [light] it didn't look so great

I will take more pics when the plant growth fills it out a bit

 

[lilfishie]

Looks great Mel, loving the cories and shrimp

 

[Truck]

I like em squashed lol

Yeah that is redmoor, its nicer now its gone dark [wet] when it was dry [light] it didn't look so great

I will take more pics when the plant growth fills it out a bit

did the crypts come as one pot? if you want them to fill out quicker, split them up into individual plants and plant them close, theyll fill out pretty quick then

 

[MermaidMel]

I like em squashed lol

Yeah that is redmoor, its nicer now its gone dark [wet] when it was dry [light] it didn't look so great

I will take more pics when the plant growth fills it out a bit

did the crypts come as one pot? if you want them to fill out quicker, split them up into individual plants and plant them close, theyll fill out pretty quick then

I actually have moved one half now to the back right of the tank, since I had them 2 weeks ago they have gone mad, I think they are my favourite plant, next to Anubias as well, I just love it when something grows without any attention. It was 2 pots by the way.

 

[Truck]

i love crypts too, there awesome plants, they look really cool.